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Fewer Millburn High School students take N.J. standardized test in 2016

With more ways to meet graduation requirements, fewer students took the state-mandated Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers, or PARCC, tests at Millburn High School in 2016.

 

Police: Three gunmen commit carjacking in South Paterson on Tuesday

Three men with guns attacked a 25-year-old city resident in the 6th Ward Tuesday night, hitting him in the face with their weapons before taking his car, police said.

 

Paterson police probe possibility that armed robbers fired gun during crime

Two city residents were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday evening in the 5th Ward, police said.

 

Bergenfield hit-and-run incidents investigated

Authorities are asking for tips that might lead to arrests in two hit-and-run incidents in Bergenfield, both of which caused injuries to pedestrians.The more recent incident happened at 7:13 p.m. on...

 

Commercial loan growth boosts bank earnings

Area banks Valley National Bancorp Inc. and Lakeland Bancorp Inc. reported third-quarter earnings growth, buoyed by an increase in loans.

 

Bloomfield police: Pepper-spraying hairstylist arrested

The Bloomfield police arrested Maryam Simpson, 35, of Belleville.

 

Belleville BOE candidates take part in public forum

The event was hosted by the Belleville High School Law Related Education Program and the BHS Mock Trial Team.

 

Man shot in robbery attempt in Paterson

A 31-year-old city resident who tried to fight off a robbery attempt ended up being shot in the leg in the 2nd Ward early Wednesday morning, police said.

 

Key EpiPen competitor out in 2017 at 'very, very low' cost

Allergy sufferers will have at least one more option to treat life-threatening.allergic reactions in the first half of 2017, but it's unclear how the price will compare to the EpiPen or its upcoming generic version.

 

'You are fascinated with sex,' Newt Gingrich tells Megyn Kelly in heated exchange

Former speaker of the House and top Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich got into a heated exchange with Fox News host Megyn Kelly over the women who have accused Trump of groping them.

 

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